Club 8
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden  |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
| Label(s) | Labrador |
| Website | www.club8.org |
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| Karolina Komstedt Johan Angergård |
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Club 8 is a Swedish musical group consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace). Formed in 1995, they were immediately signed to the Spanish record label Siesta. They released a single called "Me Too" and an album called Nouvelle on Siesta before deciding to move on to other labels. The sound at this point could almost be categorised as anorak pop with influences from Sarah bands, Jim Ruiz and The Smiths.
In 1998, their second album The Friend I Once Had and the single "Missing You" were released. "Missing you" become a club and radio hit in Spain and somewhat of a college radio favorite in the US. The band started playing live. Their first gig was in New York at a March Records CMJ event in 1999. Their sound had by now developed into a more bossa nova and dance oriented one.
Striving for constant change and improvements the band once again changed musical direction on their third and self-titled album in 2001. Club 8 is a beautifully laid back album. Almost a chill out album, though it was more compared to Portishead and Air and called a triphop album at its release.
In the autumn of 2001, the band locked themselves in the famous Summersound Studios; writing songs and experimenting with different sounds. Dub, C-86, triphop, chill out, 80's and bossa nova are all mixed up here, but without ever losing focus on those wonderfully Scandinavian and melancholic pop melodies. The album was named Spring Came, Rain Fell and was released in the year of 2002.
In 2002, Club 8 started working on a follow up for Spring Came, Rain Fell. The result, Strangely Beautiful, peaked at number 18 on the CMJ charts in the US. For the first time since 1999, the band released a single from the album and a corresponding video. Backed by five exclusive tracks, the song "Saturday Night Engine" was released as a single in the spring of 2003. The video made it to number 16 on the Up North chart on MTV Nordic.
After "Strangely Beautiful" Johan Angergård formed The Legends and recorded 3 albums from 2004-2006 and recorded another Acid House Kings album in 2005. After being on hiatus since 2003 Club 8 finally released their 6th album The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming on Labrador in 2007.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Nouvelle (1996)
- The Friend I Once Had (1998)
- Club 8 (2001)
- Spring Came, Rain Fell (2002)
- Strangely Beautiful (2003)
- The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (2007)
[edit] EPs & singles
- Me Too (1995)
- Missing You (1998)
- Missing You: The Remixes (1999)
- Love In December (2002)
- Summer Songs (2002)
- Saturday Night Engine (2003)
- Heaven (2007)
